[Arainach]

I'm curious how folks feel after trying to compile information like this long term. Data is cool, but constantly logging everything you do in discrete chunks is not. Not only the constant demands from every company you interact with to "fill out this short survey" and rank things, but to log every book I read, every calorie I consume, every beer I drink....it's exhausting and I've burned out hard on all of it. Do people actually keep up with this for more than a few months?

[al_borland]

I feel the same way. I find tracking exhausting, because if I’m going to do it I want it to be correct, which takes a lot of effort. In some cases it’s not really possible to be correct, which causes me a great deal of stress if/when I try.

That said, some people are into it. This post from Stephen Wolfram is something I think about often. It’s cool to see, but not something I could ever realistically do. Kind of like the people who take a picture of themselves every day for 20 years.

https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2012/03/the-personal-ana...

[rolisz]

I've actually written a tool to track all my "podcasts" (in quotes because it includes long form videos, courses and other things). It brings me incredible joy.

In the same app I can track books I want or that I've read and other things.

I've been doing this for 2 years.